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September 29, 2009

G157: Blue Jays 8, Red Sox 7

The Jays struck for four runs in the first for the second night in a row.

Boston rallied furiously with two outs in the eighth, highlighted by J.D. Drew's three-run home run to right-center (that changed the score from 8-4 to 8-7) and had runners on first and second with two outs in the ninth, but Kevin Youkilis was caught looking at strike three.

Toronto smacked six home runs, including three by Adam Lind. Buchholz (5-8-7-1-4, 79) gave up the first one (to Jose Bautista) on his first pitch of the night, and allowed five of the six.

The first three Jays against Clay: HR, 1B, HR. It was the first time a Sox pitcher had allowed two home runs in an inning before recording an out since John Burkett allowed bombs to Jason Giambi and Bernie Williams in the first inning on July 21, 2002. The last player to belt three taters in a game against Boston was Frank Thomas (all off Tim Wakefield, on September 15, 1996).

And the Red Sox have seriously abused the rookie Romero in four starts this year: 26 hits and 17 walks in 17.1 innings. He's got an 8.83 ERA and a 2.481 WHIP. Boston has hit .377/.506/.652/1.158 against him.

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So, I was sitting with a few friends in this small jazz club in Harlem (the jam session was quite underwhelming, but never mind...) when my friend, who goes to school in Boston, tells me: "oh, hey, remember I told you I was going to the game on the 29th? One of the girls canceled, so there's an extra ticket". So I'm on the Boltbus to Boston (gotta love the wifi on the bus), on my way to see Fenway for the first time, watch HH throw a masterpiece (he's completely abused the BJ's so far this year...) and clinch that elusive playoff spot. Then back to NY tomorrow morning, and back to Israel the day after.Needless to say, this makes me happy.

L, the place looks great, and my friends tell me other times they've been there the jam session was mouth-gapingly good, and intense. I guess we just fell on a slow night. And to the rest of you: I will try my best to finish this thing tonight, for sure, but I think HH's got it covered. I expect a no-hitter through six at least. How cool would it be to see the clincher in my first (and probably last for a while) time at Fenway?

You guys are lucky - I'm so glad for you. I'm still trapped in Indiana. grrrr. But hey if it's the Sox v the Cards again I'll be there for the WS, just like 04! Though I picked game 3 to be at, not game 4 - aargh.

Time for baseball! I hope we clinch tonight for lots of reasons, especially since Maddy will be there to witness it, as well as Ofer. And it makes it more likely that Westcoastsox will get a ticket for tomorrow without having to refinance his house.

It occurred to me today that we could lose every game remaining and still get the WC. Not that I want to go in like that, but, still. Texas has really pooped it up out there, and there's no other contenders ready to step up.

Amy, she gave us plenty of notice - told us now for late December - can't ask for more than that. She's young and is figuring out what direction she wants to go. I wouldn't have expected her to tell me this when we first hired her.

Fortunately she does want to stay over when we're away for US Thanksgiving. That's a huge help. But shortly after that I have to find someone new.

We've had SO many dogwalkers over the past few years! We're lucky both our dogs are so agreeable and adaptable, unlike some earlier family members.

I hope you have as good fortune finding her replacement. I shudder at that the thought of having to replace Maggie, who has been our sitter since some time in the 1980s. Boy, are we spoiled. She is taking Cassie to her house this weekend, since we no longer live down the street. She will come check on the cats once a day. Not ideal, but at least we know she is reliable and loves our pets as if they were her own.

re: hockey. I'm a Caps fan (grew up in DC). Hope you won't hold that against me. Actually, I'm going to be at the Caps opening night this Saturday. They're playing Toronto, so you're boy will be there. Maybe Ovechkin can crush him for you.

Those three teams are all Yankee-esque. Rangers for being in New York and Madison Square Garden... Canadiens for the HISTORY and the TRADITION and all the friggen championships, and the Wings because they seem to always put an uber-team on the ice.

Amy, I sure can't yell at you, since that's how I felt last year. I questioned whether we were even going to make the post-season last year, then was pretty sure we weren't getting past Tampa. Allan wasn't too happy w/ my attitude.